What I learned from this year's NaNo, etc.
So, finally catching my breath. Getting back to the usual 500 words/day I'd been trying before, because 2K words (two KiloWords?) really isn't a long-term sustainable pace for me. And if I can't manage it now, with no real job, then doing it while working full-time is unrealistic.
I've also learned that I have to be in the right mood to write sex scenes, though the "right mood" isn't lights and candles, more a feeling of safety. Editing them is going to be interesting.
On the other hand I'm better at writing it than some cats are at actually doing it. Since the foster kittens haven't been fully weaned yet, the mom, Lucy, hasn't been spayed. She's in heat right now and seriously wants to get laid. She's trying really hard, rolling around, presenting her butt, the whole deal. But since the only adult male, Sylar, has been fixed, he doesn't exactly have the full package of behaviors, so to speak. He knows he's supposed to do something, and he's giving it his best; he's got the whole "bite the scruff of the neck" thing down, but he keeps ending up trying to hump her back. Which is just frustrating for all parties concerned.
Also, for future reference, the NaNo word verifier comes in at about 2%ish less than Google Docs, which adds up to 1 Kiloword in a 50 Kiloword document.
Anyway, I didn't sleep very well last night (thanks to the aforementioned sexually frustrated feline) and I haven't had my coffee yet. So maybe I've forgotten something profound. Or maybe there wasn't anything profound, just the slightly masochistic fun that is NaNo. Which is, of course, the point of the whole thing.
untitled gay young adult fantasy: 510 words
BEGINNING LINE: Keroq watched, shocked, as children surged for freedom.
FAVORITE LINE: Oncho fell in beside him. “You’ll need help,” he said.
“Possibly. Oncho, what would I do without you?”
“Hire someone else to do your dirty work.”
ENDING LINE: Single file through this section, please. It’s meant to tip if you don’t stay in the center, and I don’t particularly want to find out what the WHATEVERDOOM! the records were talking about actually meant.”
wtd: 6,939
mtd: 510
ytd: 230,112
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I've also learned that I have to be in the right mood to write sex scenes, though the "right mood" isn't lights and candles, more a feeling of safety. Editing them is going to be interesting.
On the other hand I'm better at writing it than some cats are at actually doing it. Since the foster kittens haven't been fully weaned yet, the mom, Lucy, hasn't been spayed. She's in heat right now and seriously wants to get laid. She's trying really hard, rolling around, presenting her butt, the whole deal. But since the only adult male, Sylar, has been fixed, he doesn't exactly have the full package of behaviors, so to speak. He knows he's supposed to do something, and he's giving it his best; he's got the whole "bite the scruff of the neck" thing down, but he keeps ending up trying to hump her back. Which is just frustrating for all parties concerned.
Also, for future reference, the NaNo word verifier comes in at about 2%ish less than Google Docs, which adds up to 1 Kiloword in a 50 Kiloword document.
Anyway, I didn't sleep very well last night (thanks to the aforementioned sexually frustrated feline) and I haven't had my coffee yet. So maybe I've forgotten something profound. Or maybe there wasn't anything profound, just the slightly masochistic fun that is NaNo. Which is, of course, the point of the whole thing.
untitled gay young adult fantasy: 510 words
BEGINNING LINE: Keroq watched, shocked, as children surged for freedom.
FAVORITE LINE: Oncho fell in beside him. “You’ll need help,” he said.
“Possibly. Oncho, what would I do without you?”
“Hire someone else to do your dirty work.”
ENDING LINE: Single file through this section, please. It’s meant to tip if you don’t stay in the center, and I don’t particularly want to find out what the WHATEVERDOOM! the records were talking about actually meant.”
wtd: 6,939
mtd: 510
ytd: 230,112
This entry was originally posted at http://kit-r-writing.dreamwidth.org/424096.html. Please comment there using OpenID.